Let us tell the "government" to do the job that the framers of the country intended for them to do and stay out of the rest of it, and in the bargain, stay out of our pockets as well.

Can you name all the different divisions of government? You will be a while trying to find out what they are. This is what is bankrupting the country.. the government is grown past the people's ability to pay for it! Think about this!!

Let's see, the "Big 2 ½” have not made very many fuel efficient vehicles for the past 30-40 years but the Japanese have been providing them to us and now we are seeing more of the “Big 2 ½” closing plants and laying off employees. Was it our (The Consumers) fault that has made them loose money by not buying their gas guzzlers when we wanted a fuel efficient vehicle? I say: NO! Did we need “Big Brother” to pressure them to make fuel efficient vehicles? NO! “WE” (The Consumer) have been the one’s telling them what we want and since they did not listen, they are paying the price.

Sorry, but the truth hurts. WE NEED LESS GOVERNMENT AND MORE COMMON SENSE!

The existing rules are fine. However, they should close the loop hole and put everything with more than 3 seat belts into the same classification as cars. And apply the same rules. The car companies would have to improve fuel economy of the entire fleet of passenger cars, real cars, SUVs and pickup trucks with back seats. I guess horse power would suffer - how could anyone survive in a vehicle without a hemi? :-)

Let's see, the "Big 2 ½” have not made very many fuel efficient vehicles for the past 30-40 years but the Japanese have been providing them to us and now we are seeing more of the “Big 2 ½” closing plants and laying off employees. Was it our (The Consumers) fault that has made them loose money by not buying their gas guzzlers when we wanted a fuel efficient vehicle? I say: NO! Did we need “Big Brother” to pressure them to make fuel efficient vehicles? NO! “WE” (The Consumer) have been the one’s telling them what we want and since they did not listen, they are paying the price.

What's to favor, There are loop holes and it's up to the consumer to put the pressure on car makers. Dealers don't like loosing money and having to pay property tax on inventory. At the same time unions don't like layoffs because it hurts their dues. So WE need to push for better products. Japan came in 20 years ago and underminded steal and auto industry.

We (The Consumer) can make the auto industry provide fuel efficient vehicles! All we have to do is start demanding them. It does not take Government intervention to make a producer of consumer goods change what they offer to the general public! If we (The consumers) want vehicles that get better fuel economy and we ask the producers for them, then they will start providing them or go out of business. Kinda like what is happening to the Big 2 ½ right now in North America.

We (The Consumer) can make the auto industry provide fuel efficient vehicles! All we have to do is start demanding them. It does not take Government intervention to make a producer of consumer goods change what they offer to the general public! If we (The consumers) want vehicles that get better fuel economy and we ask the producers for them, then they will start providing them or go out of business. Kinda like what is happening to the Big 2 ½ right now in North America.

We (The Consumer) can make the auto industry provide fuel efficient vehicles! All we have to do is start asking for them. It does not take Government intervention to make a producer of consumer goods change what they offer to the general public! If we (The consumers) want vehicles that get better fuel economy and we ask the producers for them, then they will start providing them.GasXing, “Favor as long as the technology is there to accomplish the task.”

We already have the technology, we just don’t want to use it in North America!

Setting standards is not communism. (Communism would be setting prices or micro-managing how to achieve the goals.) Some people don't even like democracy any more. If 51% like a law and 49% don't, you cannot take the communism excuse, if you support the losing opinion, you still have to abide.

Higher fuel efficiency is the strongest weapon for fighting otherwise even higher fuel expenses - should have been done years ago!

We (The Consumer) can make the auto industry provide fuel efficient vehicles! All we have to do is start asking for them. It does not take Government intervention to make a producer of consumer goods change what they offer to the general public! If we (The consumers) want vehicles that get better fuel economy and we ask the producers for them, then they will start providing them.GasXing, “Favor as long as the technology is there to accomplish the task.”

We already have the technology, we just don’t want to use it in North America!

Quazar911, “I think car manufacturers will continue to drag their feet on fuel economy improvement as long as they can without government mandation”

And you see what is happening to the Big 2 1/2 ? They are loosing the top spots in the market.

We (The Consumer) can make the auto industry provide fuel efficient vehicles! All we have to do is start asking for them. It does not take Government intervention to make a producer of consumer goods change what they offer to the general public! If we (The consumers) want vehicles that get better fuel economy and we ask the producers for them, then they will start providing them.